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202636 minPGdocumentary

Soft Fruit

202636 minPGdocumentary

Migrant seasonal workers on an industrial berry farm in Angus, Scotland, engage in candid conversations while picking and transporting crops.

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Migrant seasonal workers on an industrial berry farm in Angus, Scotland, engage in candid conversations while picking and transporting crops.

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Rehana Zamandirector

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Filmed in Angus, Scotland, Soft Fruit follows migrant seasonal workers on an industrial berry farm as they pick, prepare and transport crops. Candid conversations and scenes of rebellious, collective gathering appear alongside observational footage in shifting visual formats – from high-definition video to 16mm, and CGI inspired by medieval Islamic cosmography – building a layered sense of time and place.

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